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Final Fantasy 17 needs "a younger generation" of lead developers, suggests FF16 producer
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The Final Fantasy Franchise needs much more than just new developers.
Maybe they need to listen to the name and fucking end it already.
Try something new.
Why though? Each Final Fantasy has its own world and whatnot. FF15 played a lot differently than FF13 which played a lot differently than FF12 which played a lot differently than FF9. They‘re all JRPGs of course but I don‘t see why they should throw away the brand recognition for the heck of it. It‘s not like they’re FIFAing. It seems to me like whoever is gonna develope the next game isn‘t gonna be held back by the name.
seems to be because he's never played any of the games to understand that, thats why.
It's clear from the naming nomenclature that they're sequels to each other without even needing to ever play them you halfwit
Huh, turns out you do need to play a game to know about it
You forgot your "/s"
Honestly, I picked up on that and wasn’t offended by what they said. Shame that others didn’t and they’re being downvoted for what was supposed to be a joke.
Uhh what? Square Enix has a ton of games that aren't final fantasy
They've been "trying sometime new" since final fantasy 11.
I mean "new" as in "Not Final Fantasy."
Not something "new" as in "New Stuff in Final Fantasy."
No, scrap the fucker. It's well past done.
First of all, I don't see how a series where each and every entry is unique and has nothing to do with the previous ones (apart from a few recurring names) could be "well past done". They don't even share the same gameplay or combat system.
And also, Square has "tried something new" pretty much all the time. Triangle Strategy, Live a Live, Nier, Kingdom Hearts, Star Ocean, SaGa, Mana series (with an upcoming title next year), Dragon Quest, Octopath Traveler... I'm just listing a few, but I could go on. It's not even a thing they suddenly decided to do. Even a few gens back, I remember playing Star Ocean, Last Remnant, ~~Resonance of Fate~~ and other lesser known titles. If you want to go back to the PS1 days, Vagrant Story and Threads of Fate come to mind, but there are surely a lot more I'm currently forgetting. EDIT: Xenogears too! I don't know how I could forget that one.
It saddens me that Lost Odyssey isn’t in this wonderful list you threw together.
I played Lost Odyssey and very much liked it, but it's not Square.
It was made by Mistwalker with MS backing, after Sakaguchi left Square.
Actually, re-reading my list, I noticed that I mentioned Resonance of Fate, which wasn't Square, either! It was published by Sega. The other titles should be correct.
Wait what.
Lost Odyssey is the most FF game there is. I can’t believe it wasn’t SE.
Mistwalker is the company founded by Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy. It should come to no surprise that the game is really evocative of many early FF titles.
The Final Fantasy series has many loved entries in which recurring characters, archetypes and items make a looping comeback. It is very fun to see how different those elements are handled in different entries. They just need to step back and realize not every FF needs to be a game that pushes its platform to its hardware limit. That may have worked well for them up to the PS2 era, but it's not a thing anymore. You don't need extreme ultra realistic eye twitching for your game to be grandiose.
Boo this guy!
You don't know what you're talking about do you?
Hell no. Every couple of iterations they produce something incredible. It's also such a fun tech demo most of the time.
Nah man. FF deserves to stay. I never want it to end. I'll take the ups and downs. It's such a touchstone for video games.
Roflmao, yeah, it should be more along the lines of the "Yet Another Fantasy" series. False advertising is what that is /s.
Like The Never Ending Story.